Armitstead finally able to enjoy golden moment

THIS IS MY MOMENT: An emotional Lizzie Armitstead, from Otley, holds her arms aloft in celebration after winning the womens road race at the Commonwealth Games on the sodden streets of Glasgow. Picture: John Giles/PA.

YORKSHIRE’S run of success at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow ended on a golden note on the final day.

Otley’s Lizzie Armitstead and Leeds’s Gabby Adcock added their names to an impressive list of winners, taking Yorkshire’s tally of golds to 13.

In total, competitors representing the White Rose either by birthright or association claimed 46 medals in Glasgow –13 gold, 18 silver and 15 bronze.

The tremendous tally would have placed them sixth in the final table – at the London Olympics in 2012 they would have finished 12th.

Cycling star Armitstead was relieved to finally be able to call herself a champion after leading an England one-two ahead of retiring team-mate Emma Pooley in a stunning women’s road race.

Adcock and husband Chris claimed gold for England with a convincing victory over Chris Langridge and Heather Olver in badminton’s mixed doubles final.

Elsewhere, Sheffield’s Nick Matthew took a silver medal in the men’s squash doubles, adding to the gold medal he won earlier in the week when retaining his crown in the men’s singles.

And Doncaster’s Barry Middleton also had something to savour when he was part of the men’s hockey team which took bronze following a dramatic penalty shoot-out against New Zealand.

In the cycling, Pooley, in her last race before switching to endurance triathlons, played a brilliant selfless role in the 98km event – seven laps of a 14km undulating course – and finished with silver.

Armitsead, 25, finished with silver behind Australia’s Rochelle Gilmore in Delhi four years ago and claimed Britain’s first medal of London 2012, with silver behind Marianne Vos of Holland.

Now Armitstead has the title she has long craved.